To the left, M. Inglis
with Indian artists |
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Dr. Stephen Inglis, as Director General of Research and Collections
at the Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC), directs the divisions
of archaeology, ethnology, history, cultural studies and publishing,
as well as the artifact and archival collections. As an
anthropologist, curator and lecturer, Dr. Inglis has specialized
in South Asian artists and their communities and in Canadian folk
art and craft traditions. As Chief of the Canadian Centre for Folk
Culture Studies in the early 1990s, he built the CMC's outstanding
national fine craft collection. He has developed field collections
in several museums, including the Museum of Anthropology at the
University of British Columbia. |
At the CMC, Dr. Inglis has directed programmes as varied as the
Aboriginal Training Programme, permanent exhibits for the First
Peoples Hall and the award-winning Bronfman video series. India — The Living Arts is the tenth exhibition Dr. Inglis
has curated. Others include From the Heart: Folk Art in Canada (1983-1985),
Masters of the Crafts
(1989-1990), The Turning Point: The Deichmann Pottery (1991-1994)
and A Coat of Many Colours: Two Centuries of Jewish Life in
Canada (1989-1993). |